Laying it down in front of you, The Venice Film Festival Winners 2021 is now announced, and Audrey Diwan took Golden Lion Award home for ”Happening”. Want to find out the full list? Go on.
The fine evening of September 11, 2021, saw the close to the 78th Venice Film Festival Awards. The Jury was aligned by Venezia 78, who was joined by Bong Joon Ho, to present the awards.
The Venice Film Festival went on for two whole weeks and therefore, finally, the awards were given out.
The ”Golden Lion Award” went to Audrey Diwan for ”Happening”, a movie based on an abortion drama. It was a unanimous decision.
Diwan, while accepting the awards said, “I did this movie with anger, with desire, with my belly, my guts, my heart and my head,”
The Silver Lion went to Paolo Sorrentino, the Italian Director for The Hand of God.
Keep reading to see the full list of winners.
Venice Film Festival Winners List 2021
Netflix also played a major role and bagged four awards. As said earlier, one was a Silver Lion for Paolo’s ”The Hand of God”; Best Screenplay for ”The Lost Daughter” to Maggie Gyllenhaal; Best Director to Jane Champion for “The Power of the Dog”; Finally, Best Young Actor to Filippo Scotti for ‘The Hand of God.”
“I was married in Italy, in Puglia. I found out I was pregnant with my second daughter in Italy. Really, my life as a director and writer and my film was born here, in this theater,” Gyllenhall said while receiving the award for Best Screenplay.
Golden Lion Award
Audrey Diwan for L’Evénement
Silver Lion, Best Director
Jane Campion for The Power Of The Dog
Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize
Paolo Sorrentino for The Hand Of God
Special Jury Prize
Kiro Russo for El Gran Movimiento
Best Screenplay
Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes for 107 Mothers
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress
Filippo Scotti for The Hand Of God
Volpi Cup Best Actress
Penelope Cruz for Parallel Mothers
Best Director
Eric Gravel for A Plein Temps
Special Jury Prize
Michelangelo Frammartino for Il Buco
Best Screenplay
Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Lost Daughter
Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award For A Debut Film
Best Actress
Laure Calamy for A Plein Temps
Best Film
Laurynas Bareisa for Pilgrims
Volpi Cup Best Actor
John Arcilla for On The Job: The Missing 8
Best Actor
Piseth Chhun for White Building
Best Short Film
Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña for Los Huesos
Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Award For A Debut Film
Monica Stan, George Chiper Lillemark for Imaculat
Audience Award Armani Beauty
Teemu Nikki for The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic
Best VR Story
David Adler for End Of Night
Grand Jury Prize for Best VR
Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla for Goliath: Playing With Reality
Best VR Experience
Blanca Li for Le Bal De Paris De Blanca Li
That wraps up the list of winners for the 78th Venice Film Festival until we see you next time.
